Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go mad

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables: go -mad
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become insane.

Intransitive verb

verb

To do something extravagant.

Informal; Intransitive verb

verb

To reach an excessive or ridiculous level.

Informal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we cant go through another of those terrible times. And I shant recover this time."
"Let's go mad and have a bottle of wine with our lunch."
"Here's fifty pounds in case you see anything nice to buy, but don't go mad."
"Why should we ban controversial speakers from college grounds? Surely that's political correctness gone mad?"

Usage

Inflected Forms

goes mad (present, singular) going mad (participle, present) went mad (past) gone mad (participle, past)

Synonyms

go crazy go nuts

Questions

What does go mad mean?: To become insane.

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